child abuse


June 24, 2015

UAMS Recruiting Adolescent Girls for Trauma Study

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK – A team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is recruiting girls ages 11-17 for a study of how child abuse can change brain function and increase the likelihood of adults developing mental health disorders. The study, at the UAMS Brain Imaging Research Center, is hoping to uncover…


March 2, 2010

Jerry G. Jones, M.D., Honored for Work with Children at Risk

Jon Parham

March 2, 2010 | Jerry G. Jones, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the Center for Children at Risk, a collaboration of UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), recently received an award for his longtime advocacy for children at risk from the American Academy of Pediatrics.


February 10, 2010

Jerry G. Jones, M.D., Longtime UAMS, ACH Advocate for Children at Risk Receives National Award

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Jerry G. Jones, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the Center for Children at Risk, a collaboration of UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), recently received an award for his longtime advocacy for children at risk from the American Academy of Pediatrics.</span>